Naoya Tanabe, Susumu Sato, Takafumi Shimada, Shizuo Kaji, Yusuke Shiraishi, Satoru Terada, Tomoki Maetani, Fumi Mochizuki, Kaoruko Shimizu, Masaru Suzuki, Shotaro Chubachi, Kunihiko Terada, Kazuya Tanimura, Ryo Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Atsuyasu Sato, Megumi Kanasaki, Shigeo Muro, Izuru Masuda, Hiroaki Iijima, Toyohiro Hirai
BACKGROUND: Effective use of lung volume data measured on computed tomography (CT) requires reference values for specific populations. This study examined whether an equation previously generated for multiple ethnic groups in the United States, including Asians predominantly composed of Chinese people, in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) could be used for Japanese people and, if necessary, to optimize this equation. Moreover, the equation was used to characterize patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung hyperexpansion...
December 14, 2023: Respiratory Investigation